Improvement in pens



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JOHN H.f HOLLAND, OF HANCOCK, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent Nb. 76,454, dated April 7, 1868.

- IMPROVEMENT IN PENS.

To ALL WHOM IT'NAY CONCERN:

Be it known'tht'I, JOHN H. HOLLANm'of Hancock, inthe county of Houghton, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and improved-Ruling-Pen; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of" this specification, in which- Figure 1 lis a top view of my improved pon.

Figure 2 is a. side view of the sam-e.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.v 1

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved ruling-pen, so constructed and arranged that it may be adjusted to rule parallel linesat a greater or less distance apart, as may be desired, and so that the pens can be conveniently removed and replaced, as required, without inking the fingers land it consists in the comlbin'ation of an adjustable sliding pen-holder with the main holder, in forming the guard to receive the 'pen upon the top or back of the holder, and in forming the pen'with its base or rear end bent or turned up, to serve as a handle'l for inserting and removing. the pen, the Whole being constructed and arranged as hereinafter more fully described. p l

i A is the handle, to which the main holder, B, is attached in the ordinary manner. '1 he holder B is formed with a guard-or slide, b', to receive and hold the penwhichshould be so constructed as to hold the pen steadily, and prevent its lateral movement while being used. C is-a plate,`rigdly attached to :the holder B, and projecting out at its side, as shown-in the drawings. The plate C'is grooved, or has a slide formed in it, in `which the holder D slides back and forth. The holder D is adjusted'or moved back and forth by the thumb-screw E, which passes lthrough `an arm, d', attached to the holder D, and the forward e'nd of which is swivellcdsto an arm, c', attached'to the plate C or holder B. i i

-This construction enables the holders B and D to be readily adjusted according to -the required distance l apart O f the lines to be ruled. The maint-pen, F, is made double pointed, so as to rule a double line, and the other pen, G, is mad-e single pointed, t'o rule a single line. The rear endslof the pens F and.. Gr are turned up, as shown in figs: 1 and 2, so as to form handles, by'means of which the said pens may be inserted in and removed from the holders B and without inking the fingers. O V 'v By removing the pens F and G, and inserting an ordinaryror -single-pointed pen in the holdeigB, the pen may b e used'for ordinary writing purposes with the same facility as an ordinary pen.

i I claim'as new, anddesiro to secure by .Letters Patent- 1. The lnrrrel B, formed with `holding-lips b on the outside of its back, when provided with a. projecting guide-plate, C,-adapted to receive the'holder D,vwl1ich isadj'usted by means of the screw passing` through a lug, d', attached to the holder D, said screw beingswivelled in the xed'proj'ection c', all constructed and operating as described for thefpurpose specified.

2. In combination withthe holders B D, having lips-b', I claim the pens F G, when their lower ends are JOHN H. HOLLAND.

p Witnesses: v

CHAs'., E. HOLLAND, FRED. MAcKENzIn. 

